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  • 03-11-2017
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A seamstress has one-fourth of a foot of thread. Then she uses one-fifth of a foot of thread to sew a hole. How much of the thread is left?

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  • 03-11-2017
1/4 - 1/5 = 
first make a common denominator
5/20 - 4/20 = 1/20

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